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Is martial arts really that useful?
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this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2024
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Useful for what?
As a kind of joke, look at these senior citizen doing tai chi in the park, while many 80 years old can't walk without a cane. Looks like pretty useful.
Judo or Aïkido will teach you how to fall, which may save you a visit to the ER if you slip on the street, and pretty useful again.
It's also a fun way to exercise and stay in shape, so again, it's useful
op mentioned the context is situations where firearms are used. so pretty sure they meant useful as a self defense method and not useful as a way of exercise
Get good enough and just dodge the bullets
Aside from how problematic the film is, I loved this as a kid!
Cool. Gun kata before Equilibrium.
That was some hilarious bullet dodging
As an aside, get someone to show you what they're really doing when they're doing Tai Chi. The muscle memory they learn is - when sped up - brutal and painful to others. It's great how they hide it in a dancy movement class for blue-haired park-goers.
I've also met Fumio Demura at a seminar, and he comes across as just an old guy who wants to go fishing when he's not teaching us to be damaging -- so while they may look old and slow, there's more going on.
Yeah people who don't practice Tai Chi usually don't realize that most of those movements they're doing out there are slowed and exaggerated joint locks and throws. It is a combat training routine used as exercise.
Let's be honest, most people who learn Tai chi as an exercise also don't realize that it's joint locks and throws.
Fair, a good instructor would tell you so though. Helps visualize the correct motions better.
Break falls are the only skill I've kept from my martial arts training, but it's literally the most useful one.